Submitted by Don Doman. In the feature film, The Bells Are Ringing, Ella (Judy Holday) explains to Jeffrey (Dean Martin) that people are friendly if you give them a chance. The two are in the midst of a sea of people waiting for the light change on a crowded downtown New York street corner. People […]
To Ponder
Letter: What helps a troubled heart?
Submitted by David Anderson. There’s a place above Enchanted Valley in the Olympic Mountains of Washington that is a struggle to reach. Switchbacks, a total elevation gain of some 2,000 feet, about half of the trail described as “thin (8-16 inches wide), full of softball size loose and jagged rocks.”
Everyday Heroes – Truckers Against Trafficking
Submitted by Don Doman. Human traffickers have discovered that American children are easier to recruit and sell than foreign victims because there is no need to cross the border. American gangsters have found that prostituting minors is a source of prestige and income. Both innocent young males and females can be abducted right off the […]
Isolation Limits Growth
Submitted by Don Doman. Sometimes we get comfortable and forget that we need to expand our efforts, our limitations, and our horizons. This goes for individuals as well as communities, organizations, and countries. If we don’t seek to expand our knowledge we run the risk of stunting our growth both spiritually, mentally, and physically. I […]
Home from Home: Ice Cream
Submitted by Susanne Bacon Hot summer days in my German 70s childhood are connected with the taste of juicy, tangy peaches and – ice cream. I will never forget the cold strawberry taste on Sunday afternoons when my parents took my brother and me for walks, usually dipping into a tiny corner pub just to […]
Hydrogen Fleeting In California
Submitted by Don Doman. I read the article in the Seattle Times with anticipation. The headline read First U.S. hydrogen fuel-cell ferry will serve Calif. Red and White Fleet, is a family-owned business in the bay area and has operated since 1892. President Tom Escher said, “It’s very exciting.” He wants to run his entire […]
Golfing for Charity and Scholarship
I played once at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club. I had a nice hit on the first tee. Our foursome went to our balls. My friend John Post looked at my drive and his drive and said, “I don’t recall the last time I was out-driven by a 32 handicap.” Often you just get […]
Help is Waiting . . . If You Need It!
If people don’t know you need help, how can they help you? You might ask, “Why should they?” The answer is that people helping people is a natural phenomenon. It’s just something we do. A study by the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology proves that humans are born with the instinct of assisting others […]
Learning From Defeat – Victory Sets Us Free
I enjoyed a History Channel presentation on Gladiator History & Times the other evening. It featured the story of the gladiator Verus. He was one of the only gladiators to have one of his fights written about blow by blow. He said he learned more from defeat than from victory. Verus was captured by the […]